When synthesizer Rock ruled, Gary Wright's light shone bright.  Born on this date in 1943 in Jersey, his entertainment career started as stage and TV child actor.  Wright was in a couple of bands in high school before deciding to pursue a medical degree, which led to studies in Europe, where he met Island Records head honcho Chris Blackwell, who  arranged for him to  join a UK band that soon became the on-again-off-again band Spooky Tooth. Wright played on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass during the first Spooky Tooth hiatus and later worked on other Harrison solo projects.  Wright one big solo album came out in the summer of 1975.  The title song became a staple of Album Rock radio and Love Is Alive was a moderately big song, too.